sneak /snēk/

1. To go furtively or meanly, to slink or skulk
2. To cringe
3. To behave meanly
4. To tell tales

1. To pass furtively
2. To steal (slang)

1. A sneaking person
2. A person who sneaks or sneaks away
3. A sneaking thief
4. A telltale

sneakˈer noun

1. A person who or thing that sneaks
2. A soft-soled, usu canvas, shoe
3. A sandshoe

sneakˈily adverb

sneakˈiness noun

sneakˈing adjective

1. Mean, crouching
2. Secret, underhand, not openly avowed
3. Slight but persistent
4. Lurking under other feelings

sneakˈingly adverb

sneakˈish adjective

Befitting a sneak

sneakˈishly adverb

sneakˈishness noun

sneaksˈby noun (archaic)

A sneak

sneakˈy adjective

1. Sneaking
2. Cunning

sneakˈ-cup noun

In some editions of Shakespeare (1 Henry IV III.3.84), probably a misreading of a blurred sneakeup (same as sneak-up below) in the first quartos, but by some taken to be a correction and explained as one who balks his cup, or a stealer of cups

sneak preview noun

A special private screening or viewing of a film, exhibition, etc before it is officially released, made available, etc to the public

sneakˈ-raid noun

A bombing or other raid made under conditions of concealment

sneak thief noun

A thief who steals through open doors or windows without breaking in

sneakˈ-thievery noun

sneakˈ-up noun

A sneak, shirker or skulker

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